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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT A. BENTON, OF FARMINGTON, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED HEADER AND THRASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,699, dated March30, 1886.

Application filed January 15,1885. Serial No. 152,936.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. BENTON, a citizen of theUnitedStatesresiding at Farmington, in the county of San Joaquin and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Headers and Thrashers, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of harvesters knownas combined headers and thrashers; and it consists, first, in a framefor the machine, adapted to have the thrashing mechanism placed upon it,and to have the heading and conveying mechanism hinged to its side;secondly, in the gearing which aetuates the entire machine; thirdly, inthe leverage device and manner of adjusting the conveying mechanism;fourthly, in a draft device; fifthly, in the combination and arrangementof devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the lowerportion of the thrasheuframe, showing the carrying-wheels, gearing,andbraces attached thereto complete. Fig. 2is a top plan View of thelowerportion of the header mechanism, showing frame-work, carryingwheel, anda portion of the gearing. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the thrashercomplete. Fig. 4 is a top plan of the header complete, showing thecutting and conveying mechanisms and portions of the driving-gear andthe balancing devices. Fig. 5 is a lefthand-side elevation of the entiremachine. Fig. 6 is a right-hand side elevation of the thrasher complete.Fig. 7 is asection through line :0 m of Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 8 is arightside elevation of the header.

The frame of my machine, upon which the thrasher and its operatingdevices and a portion of the operating header devices are supported,consists of the main front cross-beam, A, the main rear cross-beam, B,extending the whole width of the thrasher, and the longitudinal beams C,D, E, E, E, E and E all of which are bolted or otherwise secured to thecross-beamsA and B. Upon the beams E and E and G are secured thejournal-bear- (No model.)

ings for the axle k of the wheel G. Upon the beams E E and E are securedthe journalbearings for the axle I) of the wheel G. The beams G and Dextend forward of cross-beam A, their front ends being girded togetherby the beam A. The draft apparatus consists of forward-extending beam D,attached at its rear to beam A, and connecting at its front with a beam,0, extending diagonally rearward and attaching at its rear to beam 0. A.diagonal brace, D", extends from forward end of beam D to outside end ofbeam A, and a diagonal brace, C, also extends from the forward end ofbeam D rearward to beam A at its connection with beam 0. The beam Arests upon and is attached to beams C and D. The points of connection ofbeams C and D rests upon and are attached by aking-bolt to the axle ofthe forward trucks, to which axle is attached the requisite draft-pole.

The actuating-gearing for the thrasher con sists of gear-wheel a onshaft 1) of the wheel G, engaging with pinions c on shaft 0. On shaft 6is also a spring-clutch, d, by means of which the actuating-gearing ofthe thrasher may be thrown out of action. A gear,f, on shaft 6 near beamD, engages with pinion g on end of cylinder-shaft. The shaft ealsohastwo sprocket-whecls thereonviz., the sprocket-wheel h on the right-handside of the beam 0, and the sprocket-wheel i on the left-hand side ofthe beam E.

From the sprocket-wheel h the working machinery of the separator is setin motion and the sprocket-wheel 2' actuatcs one of the feeders of thecylinder. j is agear'wheel 011 shaft is of wheel G, and l is a pinion ona shaft, m, having its journal-bearings on beam E and O. A bevel-gear,it, engages with a bevel-pinion, 0, on a tumbling-shaft, p, from whichmotion is imparted to the draper and sickle, as will be shown.

At the outer end of axle k is a sprocketwheel, 1', which may beconnected by a chainbelt with a sprocket-wheel on end of reelshaft andoperates the reel.

The sprocket-wheel i on shaft 6 is connected by chain-belt withsprocket-wheel s 011 a shaft, if, having a pulley, a, connected by beltwith a pulley, v, on the actuating-shaft of a vertical self-feeder, w,in front of and above the cylinder. The shaft t has its outer box on theend of an iron arm, t, on beam E, just in front of wheel G. The tumblingcrank-shaft X,which is in two sections, having a sprocket-wheel, on oneend, which may be connected by chain-belt with a sprocket-wheel on endof a shaft at the upper end of spout of header, and actuate the upperend of the draper.

The rod X has also at its forward end a crankdisk, X, operating apitman, X which connects with and gives motion to the sickle.

H is a'sacking-platform, secured to beam A at its rear and rests uponbrace D. Upon its forward corner is a sack-dumper, H, and a tool-box, Hat forward edge. I is in the rear of the platform H. It stands on fourlegs, the two outer of which are attached to beam D, and. the other twoat any desired. points.

WV is the main trunk of the thrasher containing the conveying andseparating features.

F and F are braces with turn-buckle centers for tightening andslackening the framework attached at ends of beams E and E Lis the rearbeam of the header. L is the front beam.

M M M" M M are the longitudinal beams, bolted or otherwise secured tobeams L and L. V

M and M are diagonal beams attached to the end of the beams L and L,securing rigidity to the flZLDlB-WOIlL. They intersect the beam M at itscenter and above it. A

beam, M, is parallel with beam M and be to the thrasher by hinging beamL to beam.

E and beam L to beam A. The draper-spout frame'of spout O hinges at itslower end to the beams O and O. The draper 0 travels the entire lengthof the beam 0 or O and of the spout O and discharges onto a feeder, O,

in the feeder-box O, which feeder 0 discharges into the mouth of thecylinder, aided v by the vertical feeder w, which, being at right isattached to inner end of beam 0 and is bifurcated at its head to admitof a sprocketwheel, which engages with a chain-belt, J, connecting itwith sprocket-wheel y on end The cleaner The draper O is located betweenof the shaft X, which actuates the draper as beam 1? by chain and havingits fulcrum on vertical post on beam M. A hand-1ever,R, has its forwardend attached by chain S to beam 1?, and by chain S to beam P, passingunderneath pulley T on end of beam L and over a pulley, T, at oppositeend of beam L. The lever B has its fulcrum on post R, seated on beam L.The rear end of leverR is within reach of the operator and engages witha post, R seated on top of the feeder-box 0 As many features and pointsabout my machine are common and well known, there is no occasion todescribe them.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precisemany modifications may bemade therein without departing from the spirit of my invention. .Noclaim is made inv this application to any of the parts which constitutethe thrasher,

'I claim is 1. In a header and thrasher, the combina- I tion of the mainframe consisting of the transverse bars A B, longitudinal beams C, D, E.

EQE, E and Eflthe transverse beam A at the -forward ends of the saidbeams G D, the

forward-extending draft-beam D and diago nal draft-beam .O, the bracerods C D, the front supporting-truck,.the thrasher vcarried on the saidmain frame, and the header-frame,

being the beams LL','hinged to the said beams E and A, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. The main frame, constructed as described, the self-feeder, thethrasher and the cleaner carried on the said frame, in combination withthe supporting and driving wheels G G, the axle b, provided with thegear-wheel a, the shaft 6, provided with the pinion c, the clutch d,gear-wheel f, and sprocket-wheels h t, connecting mechanism foroperating the said self-feeder from the said sprocket-wheel t,connecting means for operating the thrasher from the sprocket-wheel h,the pinion y, connected to the cleaning-cylinder and meshing into thesaid gear-wheel f, the header-frame carrying the reel, the sickle, andthe draper, the axle is, provided with the sprocket r, for driving thereel, and the gear-wheel j, the shaft m, provided with the pinion l, andbevel gear-wheel n on the tumbling-shaft pm, pro- IIO vided with thebevel-pinion O, a crank-wheel for driving the sickle, and thesprocket-wheel y, for driving the draper.

3. The combination of the thrasher, the feeder-box 0 located in front ofthe cylinder, the self-feeder 0, and the vertical self-feeder 10, bothcarried in said box, the shaft of the last-named feeder having thepulley o, sprocket-wheel z, shaft 2, provided with the sprocket-wheel sand pulley a, and the connectingbelts, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the feeder and the shaft 15, of thebearing-iron t, secured to the forward end of the frame E, andprojecting forward from the same, substantially as described.

5. In combination with the main frame, the header-frame, the draper, andthe sickle, the tumbling-shaft p X, provided with two universal joints,and the part 19, located on the main frame, and the part X, providedwith the crank-disk X, and sprocket-wheel 1, the sickle-pitman, and acoiinectingbelt, whereby the said wheel y drives the draper,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, with the beam A and brace-rod D of the platform H,located as shown, the sack-dumper H, and tool-box H substantially asshown and described.

7. The combination, substantially as herein shown and described, withthe main frame, being the beams A and E, the transverse beams L and L,hinged to said beams E and A, respectively, the longitudinal beams M, M,M", M, and M secured to the said transverse beams, the outersupporting-wheel, N, the forward-proj ecting beams P, P, and P, hinged,respectively, to the said beams M, M, and M the transverse beams O andO, the sickle carried on the said beam 0, the draper 0 the guide-boardsor chute 0 means, substantially as described, for operating the saidsickle and the said draper, and means, substantially as described, foradjusting the said beams P, P, and P substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

8. The combination of the hinged beams 1? P the beams M M*, thefulcrum-posts on said beams, the balance-lever Q Q, provided withweights and fulcrumed on said posts and connected to said beams,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination, with the header-frame and adjustable drapcr andsickle-frame, of the fulcrum-post R, and the guide-pulleys T T, allsecured to the beam L, the post R secured to the feed-box O, the leverB, fulcrumed on thepost R, the chain S, connecting the outer end of saidlever and passing around said guidepulleys and secured to the said beamP, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. The combination, with the thrashing mechanism and its return-spout,of the feederbox 0 the self-feeder O", and vertical feeder 10, bothcontained in saidfeeder-box, whereby the lost grain will be delivered tothe thrash ing-cylinder, substantially as set forth.

11. In combination with the draper, its frame, and the chute O, thesprocket-wheel y, the sprocket-wheel connected to the draper roller, thedrive-chain J, the spring J, secured to the beam 0 and bifurcated at itstop, and the sprocket-wheel carried in the bifurcation, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

12. The combination, with the main frame carrying the thrasher, andprovided with the beams O D and brace-rods 0 D and the truck supportingthe forward end of said main frame, of the header-frame provided withthe diagonal beams M M on the transverse beams LL, the last-named beamsbeing hinged, respectively, to the beams E and A of the said main frame,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. The main frame consisting of the transverse beams A A B,longitudinal beams E E O D E E E", diagonal brace-rods F F,forward-projecting bars 0 D, brace-rods C D, and supporting and drivenwheels, arranged and combined substantially as shown and de scribed, andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT A. BENTON.

Witnesses: I

JOSHUA B. WnBs'rnR, ELIHU B. Scrown.

